Mary Girsch-Bock

A total of 23 people attended the Whole Farm/Ranch Business Planning training that took place at TomKat Ranch, in Pescadero, California. The classes began in October and wrapped up in December, 2018.
The classes covered a variety of topics, including:
Developing a management inventory to ... Read More

Change starts one person, one idea at a time. And speaking of time, it can take a long time for real change to happen. The process can take years, and we can become discouraged, convinced that what we’re working for will never happen.
But then the tide changes. Suddenly, the pieces all ... Read More

24 participants attended HMI’s Whole Farm/Ranch Business Planning classes held at Mount Lookout at Grange Hall in Mancos, Colorado October 27th through November 11, 2017. Taught by HMI Certified Educator Cindy Dvergsten, the classes took place in October and November of 2017. The ... Read More

1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the U.S. annually, with over 5 billion pounds used worldwide. Anyone that grows food has likely spent hours and hours trying to figure out ways to keep insects and other pests away from their fruit and produce. And while pesticides do the trick, they also ... Read More

On behalf of all of us at HMI, we’d like to thank all of you who attended a class, purchased a product, downloaded educational materials, or sent in a contribution in 2017. We’d also like to thank our wonderful Holistic Management community; those that have generously donated their time, their farm ... Read More

When we think of agriculture, we typically think of vast open spaces and acres and acres of farm or ranch land. Sure, there are rooftop gardens, and the occasional urban farm, but do these small spaces really make an impact in the agricultural sector?
It turns out that they may have more impact ... Read More

Ranchers in Texas may be interested in this article that originally appeared in Forbes.com. Written by Jeff McMahon, the article talks with Jim Blackburn, an environmental attorney and land planner in Texas, and his proposal to compensate ranchers and land owners to sequester carbon in the ... Read More

Happy New Year!
Like most of us, you’ve probably made some New Year’s resolutions. And like most of us, it's fairly likely that some or all of those resolutions have been broken, or will be by the end of January. But if you're really interested in making changes for the better, why not commit ... Read More